Left I on the News

A leftwing view of the day's news and the way it's presented in the media

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

The state of the world

Australia has 1,500 troops in Iraq, but needs 5,000 police and troops to protect George Bush...from Australians. Even that's not enough. Evidently he needs the "law" as well:

Police launched a court battle Tuesday against a planned protest by up to 20,000 people, organized by the Stop Bush Coalition, saying it posed a serious threat in a city under an unprecedented security crackdown.

"Serious threat" of what? Letting public sentiment be on display, and possibly even glimpsed for 15 seconds on the evening news?